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It’s amazing how much of life has migrated online: I think I took this picture at the VW Museum in Germany

I started tweeting in 2009, as @volansjohn, and find Twitter an endless source of fascination and useful information.

Istanbul For 2026 Global Leaders Summit

15 February 2026

Elaine and I flew to Istanbul on Tuesday 10th February, where I was due to speak at the 2026 Global Leaders Summit, held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, alongside the Bosphorus. Still hobbling a bit from the Alexandrian sprained ankle, but managed to stay upright during my keynote. But had to drop out of a […]

Bibliotecha Alexandrina Sprains Ankle

8 February 2026

I have longed to visit Alexandria at least since my 1975 working visit to Egypt, but I suspect that the yearning tracks back to films like Ice Cold in Alex, made in 1958. In any event, meeting Ismail Serageldin when we both served on the Nestlé Creating Shared Value Advisory Council, many moons ago, whetted […]

Cairo Kaleidoscope: AUC, ECES, Sphinx

8 February 2026

Now, second, for a brief account of a couple of days we spent in and around Cairo. The main reason I was in Egypt was to do a talk at the American University in Cairo (AUC), organized by Professor Ali Awny of the John D. Gerhart Centre, part of the Onsi Sawiris School of Business. […]

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